Daniel Little
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Daniel Little | |
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| 5th Chancellor of theUniversity of Michigan–Dearborn | |
| In office July 2000 – July 2018 | |
| Preceded by | James C. Renick |
| Succeeded by | Domenico Grasso |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1949 (age 74–75) |
| Alma mater | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign(A.B.,B.S.) Harvard University(Ph.D.) |
| Profession | Professor |
Daniel E. Little(born 1949) is professor of philosophy at theUniversity of Michigan-Dearbornand professor of sociology and public policy at theUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor.He previously served as the Chancellor for the University of Michigan-Dearborn (2000-2018).[1]
Biography[edit]
Daniel Little earned two undergraduate degrees inphilosophyandmathematicsfrom theUniversity of Illinois at Urbana–Champaignin 1971 and a Ph.D in philosophy fromHarvard Universityin 1977.
After his time at Harvard University, Little served in faculty positions at theUniversity of Wisconsin-Parkside,Wellesley College,Colgate University,andBucknell University.He served as vice president for academic affairs at Bucknell University between 1996 and 2000. His areas of specialization and competence include the philosophy ofsocial sciences,social and political philosophy, andAsian studies.
He is an active scholar and has written and lectured extensively on the foundations of the social sciences. His 2003 book isThe Paradox of Wealth and Poverty,a discussion of the ethical issues raised by economic development in the third world. More recent books includeNew Contributions to the Philosophy of History(2010) andNew Directions in the Philosophy of Social Science(2016). He is actively involved in the metropolitan Detroit community and served on non-profit boards in Michigan concerned with civil rights, race relations, and improving inter-group understanding. He currently serves on the boards of the Michigan League for Public Policy and the Michigan College Access Network, with previous board service with New Detroit, City Year Detroit, the Detroit Urban League, Detroit Public Television, and the Detroit Zoological Society. He is a core faculty of the Science, Technology, and Public Policy (STPP) program through the University of MichiganGerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.[2]
Publications[edit]
- 1986The Scientific Marx
- 1989Understanding Peasant China
- 1991Varieties of Social Explanation
- 1995On the Reliability of Economic Models(edited)
- 1998Microfoundations, Method, and Causation
- 2003The Paradox of Wealth and Poverty
- 2010New Contributions to the Philosophy of History
- 2010Future of Diversity: Academic Leaders Reflect on American Higher Education(edited with Satya Mohanty)
- 2016New Directions in the Philosophy of Social Science
Notable articles[edit]
- Philosophy of Economics,Daniel Little's entry in theRoutledge Encyclopedia of the Philosophy of Science
- Philosophy of History(entry in theStanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
- Analytical Sociology and the Rest of Sociology(Sociologica2012)
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- 20th-century American philosophers
- Living people
- University of Michigan faculty
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign alumni
- Harvard University alumni
- University of Michigan–Dearborn people
- Colgate University faculty
- Bucknell University faculty
- American philosophers of social science
- University of Wisconsin–Parkside faculty
- 1949 births